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Gender Inequality and the Sexual and Reproductive Health Status of Young and Older Women in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
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The main purpose of this research was to analyze gender context in the Afar region of Ethiopia and propose a set of strategies or actions to improve adolescent and youth health. Using a pre-established gender analysis framework, an explorative qualitative study was conducted in five districts. Sixteen key informants and eight focus group discussions were conducted among adult women and men of young adolescents and youth. The study revealed that younger and older women are the most disadvantaged groups of the society. This is due to the high workload on women and girls (housekeeping, building a house and taking care of cattle and children), they also are less valued, have no control over resources and have no part in decision making, including their personal life choices. As a result, they rarely access school and health facilities. They are forced get married according to arranged marriage called “absuma.” As such, they suffer from multiple reproductive health problems. Women have poor decision-making autonomy, lack control over resources, have limited participation in socio-economic practices, and experience child and early forced marriage, and this poor service utilization has exposed them to the worst sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
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“Due to the limited resources and reduced capacity to protect their rights, the regional government of Afar has failed to respond to the needs of women [37].”
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“Additionally, in the Afar region, young women are less valued, have no control over resources, and have low decision-making power both at home and within the community, including their personal life choices.”
From Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Early Marriage among Married Women in Ethiopia: A spatial and Multilevel Analysis (2020) · cites this paper as [37]
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“As a result of this rigid culture and tradition of marriage make young women forced to get married at early age [37].”
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- Authors
- Dessalegn, M., Ayele, M., Hailu, Y., Addisu, G., Abebe, S., Solomon, H., Mogess, G., & Stulz, V.
- Affiliations
- Amref Health Africa (KE)
- Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Department, Addis Ababa P O Box 20855 Code 1000, Ethiopia
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Dessalegn, Muluken
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-06-26
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 4592
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7344930
- OpenAlex
- W3037016771
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 8.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Social Sciences › Education › Gender, Education, and Development Issues
- Keywords
- gender inequality, sexual and reproductive health, adolescent health, young women, older women, Afar region, arranged marriage, early marriage, decision-making autonomy, women's workload, health care access, gender analysis framework
- MeSH terms
- Sexual Health, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Ethiopia, Female, Humans, Reproduction, Socioeconomic Factors, Women's Health, Health Status Disparities, Reproductive Health, Sexism
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